Made in Canada
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Drifting
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Made in Canada
I pulled my front bumper off of my '78 and while sand blasting some of the parts, I came on a brace that supports the bumper and as I sand blasted the crud away, there it was stamped in the metal....Made in Canada. I was a little shocked to find that on the car.
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Shocked or surprised???
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Much of the plastic on C3's were made in Canada. All of the air conditioning ducts say Made in Canada. I just replaced my original horn relay and it was Made in Canada.
Don't forget that although Corvette was made in St.Louis and in Bowling Green, those are just the place of final assembly. Parts come in from all over the world to put a Corvette together.
The current Corvette engine is made in Canada...even the Z06 and ZR-1 that is assembled in the USA is made from components made in St.Catharines, Ontario, Canada. It is great to go on the factory tour there to see how these engines are put together. They each get fired up at the end using natural gas.
The brake calipers on my C5 are from Australia...and so is the torque tube. Master cylinders on C4s were originally from Australia.
Lots of C5 parts came in from Mexico...as did the original aluminum wheels that came on C3s.
That is all that I can think of right now.
Don't forget that although Corvette was made in St.Louis and in Bowling Green, those are just the place of final assembly. Parts come in from all over the world to put a Corvette together.
The current Corvette engine is made in Canada...even the Z06 and ZR-1 that is assembled in the USA is made from components made in St.Catharines, Ontario, Canada. It is great to go on the factory tour there to see how these engines are put together. They each get fired up at the end using natural gas.
The brake calipers on my C5 are from Australia...and so is the torque tube. Master cylinders on C4s were originally from Australia.
Lots of C5 parts came in from Mexico...as did the original aluminum wheels that came on C3s.
That is all that I can think of right now.
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Most of the front bumper brackets were made there as you have round out...
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I forgot that most of the jacks found in Corvettes were made in Canada.
Also, cold weather research is still done in Canada. Read "All Corvettes are Red" for the C5 testing. The LCD dashes in C4s were tested in the Calgary area before the went to production. Some C5 body panels are made in Canada while others are made in the USA.
C4 ABS are Bosch which were made in Germany (technically, West Germany as it was back then). The C4 electronic climate control systems were made in Japan.
Also, cold weather research is still done in Canada. Read "All Corvettes are Red" for the C5 testing. The LCD dashes in C4s were tested in the Calgary area before the went to production. Some C5 body panels are made in Canada while others are made in the USA.
C4 ABS are Bosch which were made in Germany (technically, West Germany as it was back then). The C4 electronic climate control systems were made in Japan.
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I forgot that most of the jacks found in Corvettes were made in Canada.
Also, cold weather research is still done in Canada. Read "All Corvettes are Red" for the C5 testing. The LCD dashes in C4s were tested in the Calgary area before the went to production. Some C5 body panels are made in Canada while others are made in the USA.
C4 ABS are Bosch which were made in Germany (technically, West Germany as it was back then). The C4 electronic climate control systems were made in Japan.
Also, cold weather research is still done in Canada. Read "All Corvettes are Red" for the C5 testing. The LCD dashes in C4s were tested in the Calgary area before the went to production. Some C5 body panels are made in Canada while others are made in the USA.
C4 ABS are Bosch which were made in Germany (technically, West Germany as it was back then). The C4 electronic climate control systems were made in Japan.
Les
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Every year in August the Powertrain plant in St.Catharines, Ontario, Canada does a car show and tour of the plant. Normally over 500 GM cars take part. Sometimes they are producing Corvettes engines when the plant is open to the public (if not then they are producing V8 and V6 Camaro engines, Cadillac V6, truck engines, and soon the 6 speed automatic transmissions) They test the engines for leaks using helium since that is the smallest molecule. Engines are fired up using natural gas on machines that test for all sorts of specs. Engines going into Corvettes with manual transmissions are balanced at the factory. Register at gmpowertrain.ca
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The favourite of police forces (Ford Crown Vic); built in Canada for many years for the North American market. You can say fix or repair daily but those cars were very sturdy and dependable. I believe police officers had confidence in them.
Any speculation on what police will now use?
http://money.cnn.com/2011/09/15/auto...oria/index.htm
Any speculation on what police will now use?
http://money.cnn.com/2011/09/15/auto...oria/index.htm
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The Crown Vic was a much better police car than the Chevy. We were always putting the Chevys in the shop. Nowadays around here everyone is either going with the Dodge an SUV or going to a smaller patrol car.
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I remember reading an article a few years ago about 'US-made % content of vehicles' which was rated according to all sorts of factors.The #1 car was the Crown Vic, made in Canada
. #2 and #3 were Honda Accords and Toyota Crapola IIRC.
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Yes, the tendency is to stick with rear wheel drive (Dodge). Smaller is not better. So I guess Chargers are in and Impalas out. SUVs are much more expensive to buy and drive so I would imagine they will find limited and specialized usage. Strange that GM and Ford are not going for this pretty substantial market. If I remember correctly the Crown Vic was not even offered to civilians in recent years but it still sold across North America. So the volume was still/seemed to be there but....? I do not know why Ford pulled the plug. Fuel efficiency?
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I have heard police officers in this area don't like the Dodge Charger (Made in Canada) I am sure that some love them though
Just to cover other perceptions, there are people who pay for German engineering to buy BMW's that are made in South Carolina. VW Beetle and Golf...Made in Mexico. It is funny to look at stuff in those cars that are in the German language for the North American market to give the impression that they are German cars. Even better is the fact that the New Beetle (1998-20??) was designed in California.
Another American design for a German company that is built in Britain from parts made around the world is the Mini Cooper.
How much of each Morgan is built in Britain? The wood probably is grown in Canada.
Back to Corvette, the gas purchased at the Indian Reservations in Western New York that goes into Corvettes (and other cars) comes from Canada...so the next time that Canadians buy gas and complain about how poorly their cars run with it they are putting Canadian gas in their cars
Just to cover other perceptions, there are people who pay for German engineering to buy BMW's that are made in South Carolina. VW Beetle and Golf...Made in Mexico. It is funny to look at stuff in those cars that are in the German language for the North American market to give the impression that they are German cars. Even better is the fact that the New Beetle (1998-20??) was designed in California.
Another American design for a German company that is built in Britain from parts made around the world is the Mini Cooper.
How much of each Morgan is built in Britain? The wood probably is grown in Canada.
Back to Corvette, the gas purchased at the Indian Reservations in Western New York that goes into Corvettes (and other cars) comes from Canada...so the next time that Canadians buy gas and complain about how poorly their cars run with it they are putting Canadian gas in their cars